Muscle contraction – Information Sheet
Current understanding of how muscles contract is based on the sliding filament model. This model applies to skeletal, smooth and cardiac muscle.
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Science Ideas and Concepts
Scientific study requires a basic knowledge and understanding of ideas and concepts. This collection explains the ideas that are fundamental to the Sporting Edge.
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Muscle performance – Information Sheet
The three major factors that affect how well your muscles perform are strength, power and endurance. All three are needed to get the sporting edge.
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Muscle structure - muscle under the microscope – Information Sheet
Does all muscle look the same? If you were to look at skeletal, smooth and cardiac muscle using a microscope, you would see differences in their structure.
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Muscle types – Information Sheet
There are three types of muscle – skeletal, smooth and cardiac – and they play different roles in your body.